We are an organization dedicated to raising awareness about the history, culture and true lives of Romani people worldwide.
We confront racism and oppression wherever we encounter it.
We try to make connections with all the "isms" that make up western culture.

Monday, December 3, 2012

OUTRAGE IN HUNGARY

OUTRAGE IN HUNGARY OVER JEWISH REGISTER REMARK

FROM EURONEWShttp://www.euronews.com/2012/12/03/outrage-in-hungary-over-jewish-register-remark/PHOTO A protester dons a yellow star on his coat as thousands of people turned out to condemn comments made by far-right lawmaker Marton Gyongyosi. BY Janos Marjai / AP Thousands of Hungarians turned out onto the streets of Budapest to protest against the country’s far-right Jobbik party after one of its members called for a register of Jews to be drawn up.The remarks were made after a debate earlier in the week on fighting in the Gaza Strip. They were later withdrawn claiming they had been misunderstood. But Sunday’s protesters remained angry:“This is a Nazi party,” said one. “They are reviving notions that during the Second World War led to the murder of 600,000 [Hungarian] Jews. So far nobody has raised their voice against his party doing this openly.”Another explained why he had joined the protest: “I have come because eight members of my family were taken away by the Nazis and only four of them came home afterwards. I was a child under six years old at the time, and my mother had to raise me alone.”During the rally protesters watched scenes from a film about Jews being shot by Hungarian Nazis in 1944.The far-right Jobbik party has dismissed the protest as “political alarmism”.

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FLAG OF THE ROMA

LOLO DIKLO : RrOMANI AGAINST RACISM

Lolo Diklo : Rromani Against Racism is an organization dedicated to providing information about the true situation of the Romani (Gypsies) in the world today. We are committed to confronting racism and oppression wherever it is found.

BACKGROUND

The Romani are a people who are not very well known. We are an ethnic group of people originally from India. We left India and arrived in Europe sometime in the 1300's. There are many theories as to why we left India. This is the work of academics, and we have some. Most Romani are more concerned about daily survival to worry about documentation of our past. We know who we are.

What is known about the Romani is, for the most part, stereotypically based. We are portrayed as romantic, carefree wonderers or child stealers, pick pockets and beggers.

Today the Romani of Europe face the same discrimination they have faced for centuries.